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Edited on Mon Apr-14-08 10:31 AM by nichomachus
We've reached a new level of insanity with the "lunch-bucket Democrats" and "latte-sipping Democrats" wedge. This really needs to stop.
We are all in this together -- and I'm not just talking about Democrats.
All of the wedge issues come from the same place, the corporatists who are destroying the country for their own profit. To do this, they need to keep us -- the bottom 90 percent of the country -- from realizing that we are all in this together.
It's not about
Latte vs Lunchbuckets Liberal vs Conservative Gay vs Straight Christmas vs non-Christmas Christians vs everyone else Black vs White Soccer moms vs Single women Blue-collar vs White Collar
and, believe it or not, it's not even about Republican vs. Democrat.
It's about one thing only -- Corporations against the rest of us.
The corporations are getting rich, destroying the middle class, polluting the environment, destroying the American dream, and turning us into a feudal society -- and laughing all the way to the bank.
The only way they can do this is to keep the people divided, because if we come together and realize what they're doing, we will rise up and put a stop to it.
So, it's necessary for them to keep us divided. To do this they create wedge issues. Then, they find "useful idiots" to push the issues, (e.g. O'Reilly and his "War on Christmas"), and the corporate media to spread the propaganda 24/7.
Our sin is that we buy into it.
Christians breathe the same polluted air as anyone else. Gays are as affected by the lack of access to health care as are straight people. Liberals and conservatives are watching their dollars shrink to the level of the peso. Soccer moms and single women are both putting 30 percent of their paycheck into the gas tanks of their cars. Everyone is watching the value of their home slide into the cellar.
We all have a common interest, but it's only the wedges that keep us from doing anything about it.
You need look no further than DU and the time, energy, and words that have been expended on fighting about which candidate is worse. (Unfortunately, there has been little time and effort spent on which candidate is better.) Even here, we've bought into the wedge mentality.
As long as we continue to buy into this, the corporations win -- and our way of life is slipping through our fingers. We need to realize that we are all in this together -- and out job should be to educate others that we are all in this together. We will not win by playing the wedge game. In fact, that is the exact way to lose.
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